Timeline for "Nation": place or people?
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| May 4, 2012 at 23:01 | comment | added | user20276 | @tchrist, that is considered an archaic use of the word, but you're right that meaning also implies a geographical area. | |
| May 4, 2012 at 23:00 | comment | added | user20276 | Your assertion that The term is rarely used to refer to a state in its physical or geographical aspect may be true in England, as OED focuses mainly on UK variations of speech, but in the US it's far more common to use Nation to refer to a geographical area. "This great nation," "We are a nation of many peoples." See my answer below. | |
| May 4, 2012 at 22:44 | comment | added | tchrist♦ | Counterexample: The Navajo Nation is a large, semi-autonomous “state” centered at the Four Corners area in the American Southwest, with clearly delineated geographical boundaries. Like any other state, it has its own government, courts, police, and taxes (and time zone). But it is also very much a geographic area. | |
| May 4, 2012 at 21:48 | history | answered | Simon Jester | CC BY-SA 3.0 |